Gears of War 3 versus Gears of War 2: HD Screenshot comparison

GB writes: "Ah! Two of the hottest and one of the bigger exclusive games on the Xbox 360, Gears of War 2 and the upcoming Gears of War 3 have undoubtedly define what the Xbox is all about. The second game was a big improvement over the original in terms of visuals, storytelling and some game play mechanics. The third one looks like it is going to take gaming to the next level. But how do these two games stack up with each other, let’s take a look above."

:D When a first party PS3 exclusive is released in any given year (this case 2011) it is guaranteed to look the best console game of that year. Simple really. :D Uncharted 2 STILL blows away other console games and it's a year old :O

@aaronon- The best "looking" game for one person may not be the best looking game for another person. Have you ever heard of the phrase "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"? For example, I know the Killzone 2 is technically speaking better graphically than Halo Reach since more particle effects and animations are going on in the background...however, I find Halo: Reach to be more "visual appealing" simply because of the wide color palette it uses.

When it comes to "looks" I listen to what my eyes tell me and not what I understand is technically true. Its all subjective man..I don't understand why you need to go out of your way to rain on another person's parade.

EDIT: Wow, 4 disagrees already. Seems like I've hit a nerve.

"Hence saying Uncharted 2 blows everything else away."

Hey hey kid...get your juice box, calm down, and listen to this: I agree with you. For ME, Uncharted 2 is the best looking console game I've ever had the pleasure of playing. But that wasn't the point I was trying to make.

What I'm saying is, if ANOTHER person thinks differently than me, theres no reason to tell them that their wrong. Its all opinion.

"He also hasn't seen that KZ3 is out in the same year :D When a first party PS3 exclusive is released in any given year (this case 2011) it is guaranteed to look the best console game of that year. Simple really. :D Uncharted 2 STILL blows away other console games and it's a year old :O"

Oh look a PS3 Elite agent has shown up in a NON PS article to smack talk the 360, well that didn't take long. just another day on N4PS3G.

ON TOPIC - Looks great, too bad it was pushed back though.

And to deadreckoning666, give up man the PS3 elite will never except you unless you pledge 100% to the Sony flag. You can even give them compliments like "UC2 is the best looking game" but when you say you understand others may find a different game better you have crossed the line. You are not suppose to have understanding of different opinions, with them its Sony or nothing.

You can't really argue this. On a technical level, PS3 games are far ahead of anything on the 360. That's a fact. Now, you may like the art style in one game better than another, but the graphics are still superior on Ps3 exclusives. No way around that. KZ3 will be, by far, the best looking game next year on consoles.

I would not say ps3 games look a lot better on the ps3 than the 360 I think Alan wake looked just as good as kz2 and uc2 yes the game did not sell as well as it should but it shows the 360 can still match the ps3 with games that are done right but I also think gears 3 is starting to look like it will look better than the last 2 games n they did not look bad

try to use this whole beauty is in the eye of the beholder argument, where its really just an opinion.right guys....

Because they don't want to compare tangible things like physics/scale/stream loading/animation/rendering/su rfacing/textures which go hand in hand with making a better-more realistic advanced game engine. Which is what games strive for.

Gears of War is an unreal engine game. No unreal engine game will ever be on the level of a PS3 exclusive, because epic doesn't care to do so, and the engine just can't handle it. The first one was amazing when no other engines were out.

Sure they look good, but never on a advanced level as the PS3's exclusives are. Facts are facts.

has better character models interms of lighting and a more natural look to them. They dont look plastic anymore. The backgrounds are pretty much the same but thats no bad think cant wait till next year.

A lot of it is because of the new dynamic lighting engine. It makes everything look better and more "real". Texture detail seems better, but I'm not sure if that is because they have improved the textures or if they just look better becaus of the way the lighting is playing off them.

Yup best looking game for 2011 just like alan wake was for 2010 (ends sarcasm) with all thats going to be released that year i wouldnt be so quick to call this GOTY or best looking game graphically though it does look good dont get me wrong but dont jump the gun .

I haven't seen Rage with my own but at the moment both Killzone 3 and Crysis 2 look better than Gears 3.Gears looks more colourful than before but other than that looks very similar.Looks like it will be fun to play though.

Why are non gears fans in this article, just handing out disagrees this was an all gears comparison sadly I cant view the images but just watching the new multiplayer vids I know that gears 3 is significantly better looking than gears 2.

I only own a PS3 currently, but have played Gears 1 and 2 on my brother's 360. I think it's a badass IP. I will always remember it as the game that redeemed this gen of gaming for me. I remember when the first 360 games came out and I though wtf?! This doesn't look like that big of an upgrade. But then I saw the first Gears and was thoroughly impressed. Kudos to Epic